Example sentences of "really do " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could really do something with your life , and that 's what you want ! ’ |
| 2 | Our black-and-white picture does not really do justice to its chameleon-like metallic paintwork , which seems to appear as green , silver or blue according to the light . |
| 3 | I could really do with a bit of a sit down and summat to drink , so I go down the driveway into the station . |
| 4 | I wish I 'd got some cos I could really do with a hot drink . |
| 5 | No one can really do business on 40 quid a week . |
| 6 | ‘ We ca n't really do much , then ? ’ |
| 7 | What can you expect is a certain amount of resentment or sour grapes between October 1–4 and , frustrating as it may be , all you can really do about the situation is put up and shut up in the certain knowledge that you will gain your freedom , however long it takes . |
| 8 | Occasionally a thin savage streak of wiry blue hinted at what the storm could really do if it tried . |
| 9 | When Kitty said ‘ Oh , she wo n't really do that , ’ in an exasperated voice , it only added to his mystification . |
| 10 | Can we really do nothing about it , just because they seem to have taken one of our slogans , one of our demands and twisted it ? |
| 11 | ‘ I can really do something with this , ’ she kept saying , striding around , as Dad turned pale ; and there in the centre of the room she held him and kissed him again and again in case he lost his nerve and faith in her and longed to be with Mum . |
| 12 | As a moral imperative , far from being incommensurable with his previous considerations , it merely adds others similar in kind ; he now has to see things from his parents ' viewpoint as well as his own , consider their health and resources , ask himself how much they have done to arouse his gratitude or his rancour , whether his staying would really do them any good , whether he can get on with them without quarrelling , and add all this to the information which he must assimilate before he lets the needle of his internal compass finally settle in the direction of Bali or of home . |
| 13 | He looked like a film star — the picture does n't really do him justice . |
| 14 | We got a bad performance out of our system and now we are in the mood to show what we can really do . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Before I got in the first team , ’ he says , ‘ I was asking myself over and over again : ‘ can I really do it ? ’ . |
| 16 | For heaven 's sakes , did girls really do such things ? |
| 17 | Co-striker Alan Shearer added : ‘ We ca n't really do without him — he 's irreplaceable . |
| 18 | ‘ Can you really do that ? ’ said Angalo . |
| 19 | ‘ Five of the grandchildren went to Euro Disney on a school trip and loved it but did n't have time to really do it justice . |
| 20 | ‘ I can really do it ! |
| 21 | ‘ Could you really do that ? ’ |
| 22 | So I did something you should n't really do after a bird has completed a successful free flight : I put her back on the creance . |
| 23 | But you have to bear in mind that we are doctors , and as such we should really do what we 're trained to do — and are expected to do . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Did you really do that , Vitali ? ’ |
| 25 | Many think that in spite of strenuous efforts by Mill , utilitarianism can not really do justice to the concept of justice . |
| 26 | So how much can you really do yourself ? |
| 27 | Even Hegel , who apparently extends the notion of autonomy to the private domain does not really do so . |
| 28 | ‘ When you say you 're a singer , people do n't go , ‘ Well , what do you really do ? |
| 29 | All you can really do now is salvage what you can . |
| 30 | But did children really do this ? |